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PBS Western Reserve • At-A-Glance

Key: M=Monday; T=Tuesday; W=Wednesday; TH=Thursday; F=Friday; S=Saturday; SU=Sunday; M-F=Monday through Friday; PMT=preempted

Airtimes of one-time-only specials are indicated by day and date; ongoing series by day-of-week only. Dates that a series is preempted (PMT) are indicated in parentheses.

May 2025

Art and Antiques

Antiques Roadshow
8p M; 9p M (PMT 5/19 & 5/26); 1a T; 2a T (PMT 5/20 & 5/27); 2p M-F (PMT 5/8 & 5/27)

The Best of the Joy of Painting
9a S (PMT 5/10, 5/17 & 5/31)

The Magic of Mazza
5a SU 5/25

Make It Artsy
4p W (ends 5/14)

Painting and Travel with Roger & Sarah Bansemer
9:30a S (PMT 5/10, 5/17 & 5/31)

PBS Arts Talk
6:30p S (PMT 5/17) (ends 5/24)

The Quilting Women of Gee’s Bend
8a S 5/31

The Travelling Auctioneers
2p S (PMT 5/31)

Biography

American Experience, Mr. Polaroid
9p M 5/19; 2a T 5/20

4 Wheel Bob
5a SU 5/4; midnight M 5/12

Benjamin Franklin
4p SU (ends 5/4); 8p S (begins 5/3) (ends 5/10); midnight SU (begins 5/4) (ends 5/11)

Business and Finance

Consuelo Mack WealthTrack
12:30a TH (PMT TH 5/15)

Social Security & You with Mary Beth Franklin
11a SU 5/11; 8a S 5/17

Children’s Programming

Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band
7:30a TH 5/1; 11a F 5/23; 1p T 5/27

Alma’s Way
7:30a SU-S (PMT 5/1 & 5/17)

Arthur
6a M-F; 6:30a SU & S

Carl the Collector
8:30a M-F

Curious Crew
8:30a SU

Cyberchase
8a SU

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood
9a M-F

Donkey Hodie
11a M-F (PMT 5/23)

Elinor Wonders Why
Noon M-F

Lyla in the Loop
8a M-F (PMT 5/1)

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
6a SU & S

Molly of Denali
1p M-F (PMT 5/27)

More Childhood, Please
2p TH 5/8; 7a S 5/17; 2p T 5/27

Nature Cat
12:30p M-F

Odd Squad
6:30a M-F

Pinkalicious & Peterrific
11:30a M-F (PMT 5/23)

Rosie’s Rules
9:30a M-F

Sesame Street
10a M-F

Wild Kratts
7a SU-S (PMT 5/17)

Work It Out Wombats!
10:30a M-F

Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum
1:30p M-F (PMT 5/27)

Cooking

America’s Test Kitchen
3p F; 4p S (PMT 5/10 & 5/31)

Baking with Julia
3:30p F

A Chef’s Life
4:30p M (PMT 5/19)

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Television
3p M; 11a S (PMT 5/17 & 5/31)

Cooking with Legends: Lidia Bastianich & Jacques Pépin
10a S 5/31

Cook’s Country
4:30p F

French Magnolia Cooks
3:30p M

Homemade Live!
4p F

Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana
4p M

Kitchen Queens: New Orleans
4:30p S (PMT 5/10 & 5/31)

Lidia’s Kitchen
10:30a S (PMT 5/17 & 5/31)

Louisiana Coastal Cooking
3:30p S (PMT 5/31)

My Greek Table with Diane Kochilas
3p S (PMT 5/31)

No Passport Required
8a S (PMT 5/10, 5/17 & 5/31)

Pati’s Mexican Table
10a S (PMT 5/17 & 5/31)

Drama

Call the Midwife
8p SU (ends 5/18); 1a M (ends 5/19); 5p TH (ends 5/22)

Hope Street
9p TH (ends 5/22); 2a F (ends 5/23); 7p SU (ends 5/25)

Marie Antoinette
10p SU (ends 5/11); 3a M (ends 5/12)

Masterpiece, Miss Austen
9p SU (begins 5/4)(ends 5/18); 2a M (begins 5/5)(ends 5/19); 10p SU 5/18; 3a M 5/19

Masterpiece, Nolly
5p TH (begins 5/29)

The Porter
10p M (ends 5/19); 3a T (ends 5/20)

Sister Boniface Mysteries
8p TH (ends 5/22); 1a & 5p F (ends 5/23)

Health and Wellness

Happy Yoga with Sarah Starr
5:30a S (begins 5/17)

Independent Lens, Matter of Mind: My Alzheimer’s
11p SU 5/11; 4a M 5/12

Memory Makeover with Daniel Amen, MD
10:30p F 5/9; 9:30a S 5/17

Second Opinion with Joan Lunden
12:30a F

Yndi Yoga
5:30a S (ends 5/10)

Yoga in Practice
5a S

History

Day of Days: June 6, 1944
11p SU 5/25; 4a M 5/26

History Detectives
3p W; 4a SU

Lucy Worsley’s Royal Palace Secrets
5p F 5/30

Marauder Men: In Their Own Words
9-10:30p M 5/26; 2-3:30a T 5/27

Memoirs of World War II
Midnight & 10:30p M 5/26; 3:30a T 5/27

The Stones Are Speaking
9a SU 5/4; 3a W 5/7

Voices Over the Water
5a SU 5/18

Home and Garden

Ask This Old House
Noon S (PMT 5/31); 10:30a SU; 3:30p T

Garage with Steve Butler
4p T

J Schwanke’s Life in Bloom
4:30p W

MotorWeek
12:30p S (PMT 5/31); 11:30a SU (PMT 5/11-5/25); 4:30p T

This Old House
11:30a S (PMT 5/31); 10a SU (PMT 5/11-5/25); 3p T

Music and Performance

50 Years with Peter, Paul and Mary
2a S 5/10; 2p SU 5/11

60s and 70s Soul Celebration
8p S 5/17; 8p TH 5/29; 1a F 5/30; 3p S 5/31

All New Rock, Pop and Doo Wop
9p F 5/16; 2a S 5/17; 4p SU 5/18

Austin City Limits
11p S (PMT 5/31); 3a SU

The Best of the ‘60s
8p S 5/24; midnight & 3:30p SU 5/25

Celtic Thunder — Odyssey
9p F 5/9; 9p T 5/27; 2a W 5/28

Classical Rewind
10p F 5/2

Deconstructing the Beatles
6:30p S 5/31

From the Heart: A Tribute to Lawrence Welk & the American Dream
7p S 5/31

Great Performances, Girl from the North Country
9p F 5/23; 1a S 5/24

Great Performances, Kiss Me Kate
9p F 5/30; 1a S 5/31

Great Performances, Now Hear This
9p F 5/2; 2a S 5/3

The Highwaymen: Live at Nassau Coliseum
1p SU 5/18

Independent Lens, We Want the Funk!
10p TH 5/22

Johnny Mathis: Wonderful, Wonderful!
12:30p SU 5/11

Judy Collins: Wildflowers in Concert
10p T 5/13; 2:30p SU 5/18; 1:30p S 5/31

The Lawrence Welk Show
7p S (PMT 5/31)

Moments to Remember
11a SU 5/25

My Music with Rhiannon Giddens
10p S (PMT 5/17-5/31); 2a SU (PMT 5/25)

National Memorial Day Concert 2025
8p & 9:30p SU 5/25; 1a & 2:30a M 5/26

Reba McEntire ­— My Chains Are Gone: Hymns and Gospel Favorites
9a SU 5/18

The Remember Balloons
8p T 5/13; 1a W 5/14; 3a F 5/23

Studio C Sessions
10:30p S (PMT 5/17 & 5/31); 2:30a SU

Tommy Emmanuel, CGP: Live at the Sydney Opera House
11p S 5/31

Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday Celebration
4p SU 5/11; 8p T 5/20; 1a W 5/21; 1:30p SU 5/25; 9p S 5/31

The World According to Polka
10:30p T 5/27; 3:30a W 5/28

Nature

Bugs That Rule the World
10p W (PMT 5/14) (ends 5/28); 3a TH (begins 5/8) (ends 5/29); 5p W (begins 5/14); 10:30p W 5/14

By Nature’s Design: Exploring Our Native Wildlife
3:30a S 5/24

Nature
8p W; 1a TH (PMT 5/15); 5p M (PMT 5/5 & 5/19)

Nature: The Hummingbird Effect
9a 5/11; 8p W 5/14; 12:30a TH 5/15; 4:30p M 5/19

Piping Plovers of Moonlight Bay
5p W 5/7; 5a SU 5/11; 5a M 5/12

Underdogs
12:30a M 5/26

News and Public Affairs

Aging in America: Survive or Thrive
1p S 5/24; 8p T 5/27; 1a W 5/28

Amanpour and Company
11p M-F (PMT 5/2, 5/6, 5/9, 5/13, 5/14, 5/22, 5/23, 5/30); 4a T-S; 11:30p F 5/2; 11:30p T 5/6; 11:30p T 5/13; 11:30p W 5/14; 11:30p F 5/23

BBC News
6p & 6:30p M-F; midnight T-S (PMT 5/3, 5/7, 5/10, 5/24, 5/31)

Buzz
12:30a T (ends 5/13)

Democracy Now!
5a T-F

Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
6:30p SU

Forum 360
5 & 5:30p M 5/5

Frontline, Antidote
10p T 5/6

Frontline, Hurricane Helene’s Deadly Warning
10p T 5/20; 3a W 5/21

Independent Lens, And So It Begins
11p SU 5/18; 4a M 5/19

PBS News Hour
7p M-F

PBS News Weekend
6p S & SU

POV, The Taste of Mango
11p SU 5/4; 4a M 5/5

The State of Ohio
12:30a S

Story in the Public Square
12:30a W

Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan
8:30p F; 1:30a S (PMT S 5/24 & 5/31)

Washington Week with The Atlantic
8p F; 1a S (PMT 5/24 & 5/31)

Regional Productions

Around Akron with Blue Green
6:30p S 5/17; 12:30a T 5/20; 4p W 5/21

By Nature’s Design: Exploring Our Native Wildlife
3:30a S 5/24

City Centric
11a SU 5/4; 5:30a M 5/5; 12:30a T 5/27

Forum 360
5 & 5:30p M 5/5

Marauder Men: In Their Own Words
9-10:30p M 5/26; 2-3:30a T 5/27

Memoirs of World War II
Midnight & 10:30p M 5/26; 3:30a T 5/27

More Childhood, Please
2p TH 5/8; 7a S 5/17; 2p T 5/27

The Remember Balloons
8p T 5/13; 1a W 5/14; 3a F 5/23

Studio C Sessions
10:30p S (PMT 5/17 & 5/31); 2:30a SU

The World According to Polka
10:30p T 5/27; 3:30a W 5/28

Science and Technology

Nova
9p W (PMT 5/14); 2a TH; 5p T (PMT 5/6); 9:30p W 5/14

Thirst for Power
5p T 5/6; 3a W 5/14

Sewing and Crafts

The Best of Sewing with Nancy
3:30p TH

Fit 2 Stitch
3p TH

Travel and Adventure

Ambient Film
5:30a M 5/19; 4p W (begins 5/28)

America’s Heartland
4:30p TH

Climbing Into Fear
12:30a M 5/5

Climbing for Furley
12:30a M 5/19

Earth’s Sacred Wonders
9a SU 5/25

Exploring Ireland with Michael
3p SU 5/4

The Good Road
4p TH

Great Scenic Railway Journeys 30th Anniversary Special
1p SU 5/4; 4p S 5/10; midnight SU 5/18; 11a SU 5/18; 11:30a S 5/31

Help! We Bought a Village
5p S (PMT 5/10 & 5/31)

The Magic of Mazza
5a SU 5/25

Miriam and Alan: Lost in Scotland
Noon SU (ends 5/4)

No Passport Required
8a S (PMT 5/10, 5/17 & 5/31)

Pati Jinich Explores Panamericana
9p T (ends 5/13); 2a W (ends 5/14)

Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey
3a S 5/3; 5a M 5/26

Rick Steves’ Festive Europe
9:30a S 5/31

Rick Steves’ Heart of Italy
8a S 5/10

Secrets of the Royal Palaces
10p TH (ends 5/15); 3a F (ends 5/16); 1p S (ends 5/17)

Yellowstone Symphony
8p T 5/6; 1a W 5/7